lessons on love from a four year old

I can still remember walking down the street when Kaleb was just a few months old. He was in the stroller, facing me, and Tim and I were returning from a meeting, Josh was home with a sitter. It was evening, the lights and sounds of the city were vibrant and full of life. ThereContinue reading “lessons on love from a four year old”

Proof of Life

Summer is at it’s close, the months of endless days have turned into full days of school for both the boys and for the first time in a long time I have both time and internet (finally!) to begin blogging again. It’s been a long and at the same time very short summer. June andContinue reading “Proof of Life”

While we were out

When we arrived home from church today there were four large canvas’s at our door. Each one carrying a message of prayers and best wishes, all from kids we don’t know from a church that I have never attended. St. Cuthbert’s in Leaside has a family history for me though, that they couldn’t possibly know,Continue reading “While we were out”

Lessons for the CIA

It’s understandable really that motherhood is both a wonderful gift and at the same time, earth shattering in it’s blows to sleep, clean homes, personal hygiene,  cool tempers, patient attitudes, and general self esteem. We start out with a tiny little embryo that grows into a watermelon, stretching skin into impossible places that never properlyContinue reading “Lessons for the CIA”

life lesson brought to you by the Haughton boys…

One of the things about kids, and I have talked about this before, is how you can look at them, and see how God looks at us (even if it’s only a limited view by comparison). While at the beach I was out in the water with Josh, the waves were big and Josh wasContinue reading “life lesson brought to you by the Haughton boys…”